CWEL & CANS exam with Verified Answers Graded A+
1. Who needs a Anyone who works in child welfare in Illinois
child welfare li-
cense?
2. 3 outcomes safety, permanency, well-being
3. Safety Status when an assessment of available information sup-
ports the belief that a child is not in immediate danger of
moderate to severe harm
4. Permanency A continuous living arrangement designed to meet a
child's needs, increases his/her sense of emotional
well-being, and establish legal bonds to a place and family
5. Orphan Train Placed 150,000 poor/orphan children from eastern cities
with Midwest farm families
Some of these children became members of these fami-
lies, but many were valued only as farm laborers
6. DCFS Mission -Protect children who are reported to be abused or ne-
Statement glected and to increase their families capacity to safely
care for them
-Provide for the well-being of children in our care
-Provide appropriate, permanent families as quickly as
possible for those children who cannot safely return home
-Support early intervention and child abuse prevention
services
-Work in partnership with communities to fulfill this mis-
sion
7. Dual Mandate Protect Children and Strengthen/Preserve families
8. Federal Laws: system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims
Social Security of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for
Act dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the phys-
ically handicapped.
9. Social Security Requires federal funding for family support services
Title IV-B
, 10. Social Security Amends the SSA to include adoption assistance and child
Title IV-E welfare funding and requires responsible efforts to keep
children from entering care
11. Indian Child Wel- Addresses the best interests of Native American Children
fare Act (ICWA) to preserve their generational and tribal ties
12. Inter-Ethnic Prohibits any consideration of a child's race or ethnicity as
Placement Act a factor in deciding which permanent placement will be in
(IEPA) their best interest
13. Adoption and Amends title IV-E to require efforts to move a child to
safe families act permanency, requiring judicial permanency hearing for
(ASFA) children no later than 12 months after the child enters
child care
14. Fostering con- extends assistance of youth to 21
nections to suc- requires that a transition plan be developed with youth
cess and in- and he/she ages out of foster care
creasing adop-
tions act of 2008
15. State Laws: specifies the general duties and responsibilities of DCFS
Children and
Family services
act
16. Abused and Ne- Guides the day by day work of child professionals in
glected Child Re- Illinois
porting act (AN- Defines abuse, neglect, how to report allegations, man-
CRA) dated reporters, how to accept and investigate reports
and provide follow up services
17. Juvenile Court Establishes authority of Juvenile court to intervene in the
Act lives of children and families
18. Adoption Act Specifies the grounds for parental unfitness and proce-
dures governing adoption of children
1. Who needs a Anyone who works in child welfare in Illinois
child welfare li-
cense?
2. 3 outcomes safety, permanency, well-being
3. Safety Status when an assessment of available information sup-
ports the belief that a child is not in immediate danger of
moderate to severe harm
4. Permanency A continuous living arrangement designed to meet a
child's needs, increases his/her sense of emotional
well-being, and establish legal bonds to a place and family
5. Orphan Train Placed 150,000 poor/orphan children from eastern cities
with Midwest farm families
Some of these children became members of these fami-
lies, but many were valued only as farm laborers
6. DCFS Mission -Protect children who are reported to be abused or ne-
Statement glected and to increase their families capacity to safely
care for them
-Provide for the well-being of children in our care
-Provide appropriate, permanent families as quickly as
possible for those children who cannot safely return home
-Support early intervention and child abuse prevention
services
-Work in partnership with communities to fulfill this mis-
sion
7. Dual Mandate Protect Children and Strengthen/Preserve families
8. Federal Laws: system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims
Social Security of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for
Act dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the phys-
ically handicapped.
9. Social Security Requires federal funding for family support services
Title IV-B
, 10. Social Security Amends the SSA to include adoption assistance and child
Title IV-E welfare funding and requires responsible efforts to keep
children from entering care
11. Indian Child Wel- Addresses the best interests of Native American Children
fare Act (ICWA) to preserve their generational and tribal ties
12. Inter-Ethnic Prohibits any consideration of a child's race or ethnicity as
Placement Act a factor in deciding which permanent placement will be in
(IEPA) their best interest
13. Adoption and Amends title IV-E to require efforts to move a child to
safe families act permanency, requiring judicial permanency hearing for
(ASFA) children no later than 12 months after the child enters
child care
14. Fostering con- extends assistance of youth to 21
nections to suc- requires that a transition plan be developed with youth
cess and in- and he/she ages out of foster care
creasing adop-
tions act of 2008
15. State Laws: specifies the general duties and responsibilities of DCFS
Children and
Family services
act
16. Abused and Ne- Guides the day by day work of child professionals in
glected Child Re- Illinois
porting act (AN- Defines abuse, neglect, how to report allegations, man-
CRA) dated reporters, how to accept and investigate reports
and provide follow up services
17. Juvenile Court Establishes authority of Juvenile court to intervene in the
Act lives of children and families
18. Adoption Act Specifies the grounds for parental unfitness and proce-
dures governing adoption of children
